Carlton Supporters Club

He's just another to add to the litany of poor high draft picks to add to the pile. Nothing more, nothing less.

Who in their right mind selects a player at pick 3 that can't kick and has no tank? Only Carlton my friend, only Carlton...

Once again we got to 9 (10?) points up but just couldn't get THAT goal.
Instead, it was a series of fumbles, poor decisions, and loose checking which finally got Coll'wood the goal which put a spring in their step and the rest was miserably predictable.

Had everything to play for today so I'll never understand the mentality or psychology of this bunch.

Teague gets a 2 out of 10 today.

The only positive is that we're a game closer to seeing a few players give it away ... I hope.

12 months? Been about 5 years!

Don't talk crap. We played an experience finals side today while we've come from a rabble. We need to learn to ply under that pressure to learn how to take the next step because we haven't played finals for 7 years. If you know your football you'd know that basic fact.

No mate, his 'negative stuff' is reality.  Would be good if those in the positions to make the big decisions at the club saw it too.

Not as if we aren't missing any but that doesn't count when the only reason you're on here is to knock the side.

Sometimes your negative stuff is just bullcrap..

It’s so bloody hard not to wonder if we are heading in the right direction when you watch a performance like that.

I was at last years game against them and we looked every bit like a team on the rise and if it wasn’t for some late awful decisions against us we deserved that win more then they did. And they had a full team off memory. I walked away disappointed but under no doubts we were going the right way.

Fast forward 12 months and year 5 of the rebuild we dish up this rubbish when they were no where near full strength and with everything to play for. I want to be opportunistic but I dunno what to think to be honest. 

Interesting 4 weeks coming up.

Dow is young and looks like he’ll make it - progressing well and his form in the twos was exceptional. Will take a game or two to get back to the pace of AFL

I wanted Cerra.

I'd like to hear Teague's after match thoughts as that was a crap effort and totally uncoordinated.  Really poor.  And Martin, learn how to kick FFS.

SPS was an earlier draft.

The Dow draft year was a tough one for recruiters,  most clubs went LDU as no.  1, there was no clear cut choice. Ultimately Rayner went no.  1 and there were concerns re his fitness levels. We went with the more speculative pick due to perceived upside.

Dow's underage footy hasnt translated to senior level because his breakaway pace and the uncluttered nature of underage footy let him hunt the ball at will (no tagging) and blast away without learning how to negotiate through traffic and
 dispose under pressure.   So he needs a lot of development work (IE twos footy) to skill him up to harness that bust away pace.   Compare that against say Fisher,  who learnt tricks to compete in heavy traffic given his diminutive size.